Sri Lanka, Oct. 10 -- Seven individuals, including swimming instructors, arrested in connection with the drowning of a 5-year-old preschool child have been remanded until the October 22.

The suspects were produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate's Court today (10).

The child, who was attending a private school in the Mirihana area, tragically died yesterday (09), after being hospitalised following a drowning incident during a school swimming practice.

The deceased was a preschooler residing in the Thalapathpitiya, Nugegoda.

A group of children, accompanied by teachers from the relevant school, had gone to a swimming pool in the Nugegoda for swimming practices yesterday afternoon (09).

The police reported that the student drowned while...